Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (4/20/25)

Rep. Subramanyam (D-VA10) Nearly Assaulted by "Trump 2028" Guy Who Was Illegally in Capitol on 1/6/21; "Not Larry Sabato" Sets the "Las Vegas Line" for 2025 VA Governor's Race; 1Q25 Fundraising #s

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• Video: At Rally in Leesburg Yesterday, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10) Nearly Assaulted by “Trump 2028” Sign-Carrying Guy “pardoned by Trump for illegally entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection”

• Photos: On Official Visits to Poland, Ukraine and Germany, Sen. Tim Kaine Highlights Need to Continue Support for America’s Alliances

• In His Interview with Sam Shirazi, Ben “Not Larry Sabato” Tribbett Says “if I was setting a Las Vegas line [for the 2025 VA governor’s race], I would absolutely put [it] as a starting point in the double digits [in favor of Abigail Spanberger]

• Senators Mark Warner, Tim Kaine; Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) Say Trump’s Revival of Schedule F “makes all of us less safe”; Tell Colleagues “you were warned”

• What Trump’s Low (and Falling) Approval Ratings Might Mean for the 2025 Virginia Governor’s Election; In the End, Presidential Approval Matters, but “Base” Enthusiasm Almost Certainly Matters Much More.

• Community Leaders Join Congressman Bobby Scott’s Roundtable, Discuss TCI Report on How Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Hurt Veterans and Military Families

• Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) Continues to Back Trump’s Attacks On Virginia’s Economy Even As Economists Warn of Significant Damage to Hampton Roads

• WINSOME, LOSE SOME: Winsome Earle-Sears “can’t hide from her extreme record and schemes to sell out Virginians”

• Audio: Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04) Says We Are “Absolutely” in a Constitutional Crisis – “This is fascism, this is something I never thought I would see in the United States.”

• Youngkin Continues to Double Down on Trump’s Economic Attacks — Even While Admitting They’re Hurting Virginians

• Virginia House Democrats Build Major Fundraising Lead, Drive Momentum in Battleground Districts

• SEIU Members Endorse Abigail Spanberger for Governor of Virginia: “Abigail is Exactly the Kind of Governor Virginia’s Workers Deserve.”

• Constituents Demolish Right-Wing-Internet-Troll-Masquerading-as-Congressman John McGuire (R-VA05)’s Latest Lies: “Posting this crap on social media while they’re sitting in a foreign gulag (if they’re even alive) is so cowardly. SMDH.”

• Virginia Fundraising for Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General Dropped Over 40% in 1Q25 Compared to 1Q21. What Might Have Caused That?

• 1Q25 Fundraising Totals for Virginia Statewide, Other Offices

• As Sam Shirazi Points Out It Now “seems official…[Sen. Mark] Warner is running for re-election in 2026.” Here Are a Few Thoughts.

• Video: While Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA01) Stays Silent, VA State Senator Ghazala Hashmi Holds a Town Hall to Hear From VA-01 Residents

• Senators Kaine, Warner Demand Answers from Departments of State, Homeland Security on Sudden and Unexplained Revocations of Virginia Students’ Visas

• Video: Virginia Democrats Launch New Ad Highlighting Sears Downplaying Attacks on Virginia Jobs as Unemployment Rate Jumps

• Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Rip Donald Trump’s “Sick” Comments and “cozying up to an aspiring dictator,” El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele

• “Virginia House Republicans In Disarray — Too Terrified to Lead, Too Divided to Govern”

• Video: On the “Friday Power Lunch,” Rachel Bitecofer and Gene Rossi Both Cut Loose on Virginia’s 2025 Elections, the Failure of Dems to Communicate Effectively, Trump’s Dire Threat to Democracy and Rule of Law, etc. It’s Definitely Worth Listening To!